Fifteen teams still postulate the last eight places in the knockout stages of the Champions League UEFA before the sixth and final day of the group stage on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday, December 11 .
Three English clubs - Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City - three Spanish - FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, a French - Paris Saint- Germain - and defending champion Germany - Bayern Munich - are already qualified .
Four former champions find themselves in trouble before this last round. If the Italians Juventus and AC Milan are just a draw to go , the task is much more difficult for the Portuguese Benfica and FC Porto are no longer masters of their destiny .
Poster
Galatasaray - Juventus (Group B, Tuesday, 10 December )
The data of the game are simple: just a draw to qualify for Juventus but Galatasaray burn the favor in case of victory . Dominatrix in Serie A, Juve does not show the same fluency in C1. Old Lady, who do not like traveling in Europe this season - a defeat and a draw - will also be deprived of its hub Andrea Pirlo injured . Galatasaray attack relies on the everlasting Didier Drogba, still capable of a stroke of genius , but his defense is sometimes less solid , as in his double confrontation with Real Madrid where she collected a whopping ten goals . According to statistics, the two teams are very close to one another : in five confrontations in C1, they each won a victory and conceded three draws .
Other matches
Tuesday, December 10
group A
Manchester United - Shakhtar Donetsk
Real Sociedad - Bayer Leverkusen
Behind the Red Devils , who were able to secure their qualification before their slump in December , Shakhtar Donetsk is in a strong position to take second place . A win at Old Trafford automatically open the doors of the second round him. However, if no or defeat , the fate of Ukrainians depend on the performance of Bayer Leverkusen in San Sebastian , where the Basques are still looking for their first win .
group B
FC Copenhagen - Real Madrid
Danes can still clinch a place in the UEFA Europa League provided, however, go win in Madrid where Real always scored at least one goal in his last 30 matches at least to have a defeat Galatasaray against Juventus .
group C
Benfica - Paris Saint- Germain
Olympiakos - Anderlecht
Olympiakos , which has better special Benfica difference will qualify if they win at Anderlecht , whatever the result of Benfica . To rebuild their disability, must first Portuguese stake everything on a misstep of the Greeks.
group D
Bayern Munich - Manchester City
Viktoria Plzen - CSKA Moscow
The games are already made in this group, but Bayern , who just completed a 0:7 Werder Bremen festival and had already won the first leg, will no doubt point to secure top spot in the group.
Wednesday, December 11
group E
Schalke 04 - FC Basel
Chelsea - Steaua Bucharest
Behind Chelsea, qualified second group out of the clash between FC Basel and Schalke , Swiss , with their point clear , can settle for a draw. Defeated at home by the Germans on October 1 (0:1 ), Basel who managed the performance to beat Chelsea twice , is very comfortable far from its bases - a win and a draw win - while Schalke remaining three matches without scoring is seeking its effectiveness.
group F
Olympique de Marseille - Borussia Dortmund
Naples - Arsenal
The "Group of Death" has maintained the suspense until the end. There are still many possible combinations but Dortmund and Arsenal are masters of their destiny. However, the Italians can also go in the round if they win but only requires Dortmund Olympique de Marseille by more than two goals , or in case of zero if the OM beat Borussia .
group G
Austria Vienna - Zenit St Petersburg
Atletico Madrid - FC Porto
Behind Atletico Madrid secured the first place , Zenit St Petersburg take second place if they win in Vienna. But Porto, despite a tricky trip to Vicente Calderon , can also believe in his chances if necessary in Madrid and the Russians do not fight the Austria Vienna.
group H
AC Milan - Ajax Amsterdam
FC Barcelona - Celtic Glasgow
A draw is enough to Barcelona for first place in the group, but also to AC Milan to win a 11th consecutive participation at the stage of knockout C1 .
player
Egyptian winger FC Basel, Mohamed Salah , 21, 26 caps , 17 goals , is one of the great revelations in this season's Champions League UEFA. He splashed his talent, his technique and his realism both victorious confrontations against Chelsea , scoring each time against the English. Salah can evolve with the same efficiency on both wings, he was named best hope 2012 CAF.
the stat
59.5 % of the 84 goals scored by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League UEFA - or 50 goals - were scored by Brazilians. Yevhen Seleznyov is the last European to score for Shakhtar , December 6, 2011 .
Heard ...
" In any other group , we'd already qualified with 12 points English teams have struggled to Naples in recent years, so we know what to expect . " - Jack Wilshere , Arsenal midfielder
Your opinion !
Galatasaray can he accomplish the feat to qualify at the expense of Juventus ?
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